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The best Bay Area food pop-ups of 2020
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The flood of food pop-ups this year isn’t suprising. When many hospitality industry workers were thrown to the wind amid mass pandemic-era layoffs and instability, it makes sense that they’d continue to do what they do best: cook.
In the Bay Area, we’ve seen numerous micro-businesses emerge, selling barbecued ribs outside of bars, cooking out of food hubs and dropping off intricately assembled pastries at customers’ homes. Many culinary professionals have taken this opportunity to put into practice the concepts they’ve only dreamed about while working in other people’s kitchens.
S.F. s dorky new Viet pop-up is home-cooking nostalgia at its caramel-braised best
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A dish of wok-charred king trumpet mushrooms, Hodo yuba and Taiwanese cabbage in lemongrass chile sauce is one of the menu items included with dinner kits at Claws of Mantis, a pop-up restaurant in S.F.Brian Feulner / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Claws of Mantis is a pop-up restaurant in S.F.Brian Feulner / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Braised pork belly, bamboo shoots and egg, also known as thịt kho, is one of the menu items included with dinner kits at Claws of Mantis, a pop-up restaurant in S.F.Brian Feulner / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less